Orange Air

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Orange Air
Orange Air Logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
-ORN-
FoundedApril 1, 2011 (2011-04-01) [1]
Commenced operationsJune 10, 2014 (2014-06-10) [1]
Ceased operationsApril 30, 2017 (2017-04-30) [2]
Hubs Orlando Sanford International Airport
Fleet size2
Headquarters Sanford, Florida, United States
Key peopleJeffrey Stern (President)
Website www.flyorangeair.com

Orange Air, LLC was an American charter airline that began service in 2014. It was based at Orlando Sanford International Airport and was headquartered on the grounds of the airport.

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History

Orange Air began operating sports charters in late 2014. It began its first public charter service in May 2015 operating for Branson Air Express on a Cincinnati-Branson-New Orleans-Cancún routing. [3] On October 5, 2015, the Cincinnati leg was terminated, and the Branson-New Orleans-Cancun portion of the route was transferred to Elite Airways. [4]

Orange announced on October 15, 2015 that it would be adding the Boeing 737-800 to start replacing their MD-80s and also to add more seats. The number of orders was not announced. Orange Air said that the Boeing 737 is the industry leading aircraft, is fuel efficient and is happy to operate the aircraft. [5] However, Orange Air never took delivery of any 737s. The airline laid off most of its staff in August 2016 and returned its operating certificate to the FAA in April 2017.

Fleet

An MD-82 that never entered service with Orange Air. This aircraft was later written-off as RED Air Flight 203. Orange Air "Silver Bullet".jpg
An MD-82 that never entered service with Orange Air. This aircraft was later written-off as RED Air Flight 203.

Orange Air operated a fleet of MD-80 aircraft. At one point it operated as many as five aircraft. [6]

Orange Air fleet [7]
AircraftTotalIntroducedRetiredNotes
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 120142016
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 120152017

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References

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